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The Linguistic Evolution of Beverage Terms
This chapter examines how languages adapt foreign words to their phonetic structures, focusing on the Japanese term for beer derived from Dutch. The speakers also clarify the distinction between 'sake' in Japanese and its common English usage, while exploring the intricacies of Japanese writing and terms for drunkenness.
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